jackk –
We don’t know each other but on this you are simply wrong. Liberals and democrats are absolutely against private ownership of guns. You may not read or watch the news but this is absolutely incontrovertible. I don’t know if your level of observance precludes reading the secular news and watching the news but there probably is no statement less controversial than that. Perhaps that liberals and democrats generally advocate for abortion and conservatives against. But there aren’t many issues as black and white as gun ownership. Once side wants it abolished (in general) and the other advocates for greater (responsible) ownership.
As regards a “certain type of gun,” presumably you are alluding to rifles. The statistics of gun deaths in America however is as follows: The vast majority – between 2/3 and 3/4 of gun deaths in this country is suicide. I think no one thinks that removing guns from law-abiding citizens will meaningfully alter the suicide rate so the majority of gun deaths would be unchanged. The next greatest category is known criminals (gangs, drug dealers, etc). Then a much much smaller number is people who are not known gang members and criminals shooting someone. By far, handguns are the weapons used in the vast majority of gun deaths. By far. In fact if I remember correctly (FBI statistics on murder), I believe knives are used more often than rifles in murder and yet no one in this country is talking about knife control. In Britain however where it is difficult to obtain guns, their murder rate is also high and from knives so they actually ARE talking about knife control. IIRC, I believe the number of people killed from rifles in this country is similar to those killed by hands and feet.